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Tribetime

(7,045 posts) Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:29 PM 10 hrs ago

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Is it just me finding it hard to watch bowl games when the announcers

Practically have an orgasm on every play.

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Is it just me finding it hard to watch bowl games when the announcers (Original Post) Tribetime 10 hrs ago OP

IMO crowd noise is way too loud too. Diamond_Dog 10 hrs ago #1

Yeah, I had to turn the game off.Because every play was like life and death Tribetime 9 hrs ago #2

So true and so very annoying! Wuddles440 7 hrs ago #8

Yes , I think i'm going to have to do that cause it's ridiculous Tribetime 6 hrs ago #9

I'm exhausted hearing the word, physicality, over and over again. Brother Buzz 9 hrs ago #3

Or athleticism Tribetime 9 hrs ago #4

Or "length." rsdsharp 9 hrs ago #5

Or trickeration WVlaserguy 9 hrs ago #6

For Me, It's Men With Vocal Fry! ColoringFool 9 hrs ago #7

"There's the handoff to the fullback, and... LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #10

honestly, as a non-sports fan Skittles 39 min ago #11

Diamond_Dog

(39,722 posts)

1. IMO crowd noise is way too loud too.

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:31 PM

10 hrs ago

Tribetime

(7,045 posts)

2. Yeah, I had to turn the game off.Because every play was like life and death

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:40 PM

9 hrs ago

I don't mind them getting excited if there's a big play.But every play is like crazy to them.I guess I'm going to watch home alone tonight

Wuddles440

(1,957 posts)

8. So true and so very annoying!

Reply to Tribetime (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:12 PM

7 hrs ago

I've resorted to just shutting off the audio.

Tribetime

(7,045 posts)

9. Yes , I think i'm going to have to do that cause it's ridiculous

Reply to Wuddles440 (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:42 PM

6 hrs ago

Happy new year

Brother Buzz

(39,547 posts)

3. I'm exhausted hearing the word, physicality, over and over again.

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:45 PM

9 hrs ago

Physicality is a proper, recognized English word, and all that, but I lived over seventy years without hearing or using it.

I may be wrong, but I think the talking heads could find a boatload of other words that convey the same thing and give ‘physicality’ a rest.

Tribetime

(7,045 posts)

4. Or athleticism

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:49 PM

9 hrs ago

rsdsharp

(11,760 posts)

5. Or "length."

Reply to Tribetime (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:51 PM

9 hrs ago

WVlaserguy

(107 posts)

6. Or trickeration

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:54 PM

9 hrs ago

ColoringFool

(226 posts)

7. For Me, It's Men With Vocal Fry!

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:56 PM

9 hrs ago

LudwigPastorius

(14,116 posts)

10. "There's the handoff to the fullback, and...

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 01:14 AM

2 hrs ago

he plunges straight ahead FOR A HALF A YARD!!"

Skittles

(169,364 posts)

11. honestly, as a non-sports fan

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:57 AM

39 min ago

that's how ALL plays sound

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